"It's been less than two months since President Trump began his demolition of the White House's East Wing to make room for his " big, beautiful White House Ballroom," and the President is already parting ways with the original architect behind the project. On December 4, a White House spokesperson confirmed to The Washington Post that the original ballroom architect, McCrery Architects, has been traded in favor of the firm Shalom Baranes Associates."
"Over the past several months, he's updated the building's interiors with his own Rococo-inspired aesthetics, overhauled the Oval Office into a gold-laden spectacle, and turned the Rose Garden patio into a Mar-a-Lago lookalike. Still, his plans to tear down the White House's East Wing to build a $250 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom-"
President Trump initiated demolition of the White House East Wing to construct a 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom and has changed the lead architect to Shalom Baranes Associates. The architect swap followed reports that Trump and Jim McCrery clashed repeatedly over ballroom size and scope, prompting the administration to seek a firm more willing to align with the President's vision. Recent interior modifications include Rococo-inspired aesthetics, a gold-laden Oval Office, and a Rose Garden remodeled to resemble Mar-a-Lago. McCrery Architects, known for designing Catholic churches and academic buildings, had been named to the project on July 31.
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